Simulating wood grain?

Have you tried the Decal version yet??

Decal wood panels??

It all depends on whether or not the piece you are painting has a wood grain effect moulded in.
If yes:
paint the piece an overall light wood colour, then follow up with a medium-strength wash of dark brown, and once dry, follow with an overall VERY thin wash of black. Once fully dry, drybrush first with your base colour, then with a lightened version.

If your piece does not have wood grain moulded in, consider scribing it in.
If not ,then paint the overall piece a darker wood colour. With a fine brush, take one or two lighter shades, one very noticeably lighter than the basecoat, and draw in some very fne lines, all in the same direction, following the direction that the real piece would have been cut in.

To simulate wood I first paint a light tan or gray acrylic depending on age of the wood. I let it dry for a day or two. Or if I am in a hurry, I'll use a hair drier. I then use either burnt sienna or paynes gray oil paint. I apply the oil paint with either a brush or a cotton swab depending on the effect and scale that I want.

Thanks for the info. The molded pieces do have a raised wood grain. I used an acrylic tan first (dried 24hr) then tried to drybrush a darker brown (also acrylic). I'm not thrilled with the result, but it's all acrylic so I think it will be easy to start over. I'm quite a newbie here so should I be using that oil paint for better results on the drybrush? Would it be better to put a dull clear coat over the tan first then drybrush an acrylic, oil, or enamel?? I can say that acrylic paint dried so fast on my brush that dry brushing did not highlight the grain well at all. It came out very spotty and in some places the angle I had the brush at filled the gaps rather than highlighting raised surfaces....but spotty at best.
Thanks for the feedback.
Victor